"Maggie" Margaret LEASK / DURGET
Born 31 March 1877 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [28]
Daughter of farmer George LEASK and Margaret Chalmers LAMB [28]
She was born at ten minutes past twelve in the morning on Darra Farm in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [28]
Grew up in Aberdeen, Scotland with her seven siblings George, William, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary, James and John [20]
In 1881 she was living with her parents on Durra Farm in Turriff and in 1891 at Upper Darley in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire [20]
By 1901 was living with her parents and siblings Elizabeth, James and John at Sulby Grange in Sulby, Northampton, England [20]
Later married a man by the surname of DURGET and became of French Nationality [30: item 8192860]
Her brother John LEASK applied for her admission into Australia in 1931 [30: item 4309337]
Departed London, England on the steamship Orsova and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 February 1932 [63]
Resided on her brother's Lagoona Farm on the Yarra Yarra Estate in Carnamah in 1934 and 1935 [4: 8:-Sep-1934, 1-Jun-1935] [P7]
Sent a wreath for the grave of Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
She and her sister Ann LEASK left Carnamah on Thursday 30 May 1935 [4: 1-Jun-1935]
Departed from Fremantle, Western Australia with her brother and sister on the steamship Largs Bay on 1 June 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
They arrived on the steamship Largs Bay in Southampton, England one month later on 2 July 1935 [204]
Following their arrival their intended address was 85 Mount Ararat Road in Richmond, Surrey, England [204]
Died 1962 in Surrey, England [21]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Margaret Leask / Durget' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/margaret-leask [reference list] |
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